Perugia, Italy-based Benedikt Bolza Design is an architecture studio and design firm founded by architect, interior designer and furniture designer Count Benedikt Bolza. A range of bespoke lighting and furniture — including armchairs, benches, console tables and cocktail tables — is designed at the firm and produced by Bolza’s furniture brand, B.B. for Reschio.
Bolza, whose family is of Italian origin but whose title owes to aristocratic roots in Austria-Hungary, was raised near Munich in Germany. His path toward a career in design began with his parents.
In the 1990s, Count Antonio Bolza and Countess Angelika Bolza purchased the Castello di Reschio estate in the rolling hills of Umbria. At the time, their son was studying at the University of Westminster in London to become an architect. In 1999, he tackled the project of restoring the estate farmhouses — many of them in ruins — and oversaw the design and rebuilding of the structures. By 2013, Count Benedikt Bolza had rebuilt 22 of the 50 homes, transforming them into luxurious villas complete with interiors that he created.
Bolza, his wife, Donna Nencia Corsini, and their five children moved into the estate’s derelict 10th-century-era castle and lived there for years, eventually securing funding from a silent partner to restore it. In 2021, the former castle opened as a 36-bedroom hotel, which afforded guests the opportunity to experience Bolza's luxurious furniture in the spaces for which it was created — everything from the brass vanities made in Florence to the decorative objects mined from local marketplaces.
Bolza collaborated with nearby Italian artisans to create the hotel’s furnishings through his brand, B.B. for Reschio, which had existed in some sense prior to the hospitality property project but was formalized as the company’s founder became tasked with designing furnishings for the vast Reschio estate restoration. B.B. for Reschio now regularly participates in design fairs.
Each of the opulent B.B. for Reschio furnishings that are custom-made for clients as well as those for Hotel Castello di Reschio are born of a meld of Baroque and classical Italian influences and draw on contemporary styles, too. The items are constructed entirely by hand, with local carpenters, stonemasons and other artisans and craftsmen sourcing Italian leathers and woven fabrics from the region as well as other materials like travertine, marble and oak.
Bolza stresses that he doesn't set out to make luxury furniture but rather designs to the proportions of the space, as the ancients did. “Bespoke furniture was never a luxury," he told Forbes. "It was simply the natural order of things."
On 1stDibs, find Benedikt Bolza Design seating, tables, garden furniture and more.
21st Century Double-Decker Carousel the Lady Susan, Glorified Lazy Susan
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
B.B., the double decker sold brass platforms sit on individual heavy-duty ball bearings encased deep inside the central brass trunk support. The platform...
Brass
Marble Lazy Susan
Located in New York, NY
A substantial, predominantly white, marble Lazy-Susan with star-like design, circa 21st century. Marble is white with grey and light-burgundy red veining/hues. A great piece for a ki...
Marble
21st Century Lazy Susan Leather Tray Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Practical and functional. Lazy Susan is the revolving tray entirely made with real calf leather. Available in two different sizes is ideal as a centerpiece for happy hours and par...
Leather, Wood
Vintage Victorian Silver Plated Lazy Susan Revolving Serving Platter Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Victorian Silver Plated Lazy Susan Revolving Serving Platter Tray. Item features 5 removable glass trays, revolving pedestal base, & removable lid. Circa Mid 20th Century. Me...
Silver Plate
Midcentury Oriental Hors D'oeuvres Dish Set in Presentation Lazy Susan
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Midcentury Oriental Hors d'oeuvres Dish Set in Presentation Lazy Susan A very attractive large blue and white set, there is one Octagonal dish at the centre of the set surrounded ...
Ceramic
English Regency Mahogany Lazy Susan, Rotary Display Turntable, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency mahogany Lazy Susan, rotary display turntable, dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. Of generous scale proportion at 20 inches diameter. Superb figuring accentuates this generously wide Lazy Susan. Displays a desirable aged patina and is in good working order. Cut from a fine grained piece of mahogany, with warm caramel hues that catch the light and glow with warmth. This piece shows incredible craftsmanship, the rim of the disc is hand carved out of the single board of mahogany, very difficult to do by hand. Rotates smoothly upon a stout turned column over wide tripod base. Very stable. This is a delightful antique Lazy Susan...
Mahogany
Early 20th Century George III Style Inlaid Mahogany Lazy Susan
Located in Germantown, MD
An Inlaid Mahogany Lazy Susan, made in England in the first half of the 20th Century around the 1930s. A Lazy Susan is a round tray that rotates and is designed to sit on a counterto...
Mahogany
Stelton Fondue Lazy Susan Set by Peter Holmblad Denmark
By Stelton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
What a better way to bring family or friends together than a good fondue , this well designed 10 piece set has it all . Six bowls , large pot with lid and fork holder , drip tray , s...
Stainless Steel
A large Anglo Indian padouk wood Lazy Susan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Anglo Indian padouk wood Lazy Susan, the scalloped circular top on a revolving base with eight legs, boldly carved with C-scrolls linked by ant...
Padouk
21st Century Blown Glass "Dafne Glass"
By Andrea Barra, [1+2=8]
Located in Milano, IT
It's a decorative glass, yes, but it is also a "technological" glass with internal lines, it increases the contact surface with the wine, increasing its oxygenation, created in...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Modern Sculptural Solid Teak Platter Lazy Susan Swirl
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modern Sculptural Solid Teak Lazy Susan sectioned swirling serving platter 14 x 1 Preowned original vintage condition unrestored blemishes and wear present on reverse Refer to...
Teak
Mixed Woods Lazy Susan Tray by David Levy
By David Levy
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful mixed woods 13" lazy Susan tray by northern California craftsman, David Levy, circa 2000s. #1344.
Wood
21st Century Blown Glass "Dafne Glass" x2
By [1+2=8], Andrea Barra
Located in Milano, IT
It's a decorative glass, yes, but it is also a "technological" glass with internal lines, it increases the contact surface with the wine, increasing its oxygenation, created in...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass